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Linguistics Meets Philosophy Daniel Altshuler (University of Oxford)

Linguistics Meets Philosophy By Daniel Altshuler (University of Oxford)

Linguistics Meets Philosophy by Daniel Altshuler (University of Oxford)


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Bringing together a team of scholars from linguistics and philosophy, this book bridges the gap between the two fields, which while closely related, are often approached with very different methodologies and processes. Accessible and engaging, it is essential reading for researchers and students in both disciplines.

Linguistics Meets Philosophy Summary

Linguistics Meets Philosophy by Daniel Altshuler (University of Oxford)

Linguistics and philosophy, while being two closely-related fields, are often approached with very different methodologies and frameworks. Bringing together a team of interdisciplinary scholars, this pioneering book provides examples of how conversations between the two disciplines can lead to exciting developments in both fields, from both a historical and a current perspective. It identifies a number of key phenomena at the cutting edge of research within both fields, such as reporting and ascribing, describing and referring, narrating and structuring, locating in time and space, typologizing and ontologizing, determining and questioning, arguing and rejecting, and implying and (pre-)supposing. Each chapter takes on a phenomena and explores it through a set of questions which are posed and answered at the outset of each chapter. An accessible and engaging resource, it is essential reading for researchers and students in both disciplines, and will empower exciting and illuminating conversations for years to come.

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'This collection offers a comprehensive and authoritative survey of where semantics and pragmatics stand after a half century of transformative collaboration between philosophers and linguists. Leading researchers make a powerful case for continued partnership, highlighting questions where progress requires integrating the two perspectives. The volume is an indispensable resource for linguists and philosophers who aspire to deepen our understanding of meaning and communication.' Zoltan Gendler Szabo, John S. Saden Professor of Philosophy, Yale University
'An excellent addition to the thriving new genre of handbooks and survey articles - distinguishing itself by its emphasis on combining insights from philosophy and linguistics on issues of interest to all scholars of natural language meaning. Ambitious in conception, Altshuler has shepherded the enterprise to an impressive final product. Contributors include researchers from both fields, topics include some classic and some emerging areas of investigation. The combination makes for a compelling volume.' Veneeta Dayal, Professor of Linguistics, Yale University
'Solicited with editorial insight and expertise, the chapters revisit foundational commitments, set classical questions in a new light, and raise new big questions, sometimes sparked by cross-linguistic work. Written in a careful and accessible way, this book is bound to inspire a new dialog between linguists and philosophers.' Anna Szabolcsi, New York University
'Since the interdisciplinary project of formal semantics gave rise to a discipline within linguistics, the interactions between philosophers and linguists have significantly decreased. Yet, as this wonderful collection shows, new kinds of conversation have emerged, around specific topics of interest to both philosophy and linguistics.' Francois Recanati, College de France
'A splendid collection, shining a light on some of the most pressing issues in contemporary semantic theory. Taken as a whole, these studies make a compelling case for the importance of interaction between linguists and philosophers to the historical development of semantics as a field - and for why we should keep talking to each other in the future.' Hazel Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics

About Daniel Altshuler (University of Oxford)

Daniel Altshuler is Associate Professor of Semantics at the University of Oxford. His first book, Events, States and Times (2016), won De Gruyter's Emerging Scholar Monograph Competition. Altshuler is an associate editor for Linguistics & Philosophy and serves on the editorial board for Semantics & Pragmatics.

Table of Contents

Linguistics meets philosophy: a historial preface Barbara H. Partee; Introduction Daniel Altshuler; Part I. Reporting and Ascribing: 1. Attitude ascriptions and speech reports Angelika Kratzer; 2. Acquaintance relations Yael Sharvit and Matt Moss; Part II. Describing and Referring: 3. Referential and attributive descriptions Hans Kamp; 4. On definite descriptions can familiarity and uniqueness be distinguished? Elizabeth Coppock; Part III. Narrating and Structuring: 5. On the role of relations and structure in discourse interpretation Julie Hunter and Kate Thompson; 6. Narrative and point of view Pranav Anand and Maziar Toosarvandani; Part IV. Locating and Inferring: 7. Present tense Corien Bary; 8. Evidentiality: Unifying nominal and propositional domains Diti Bhadra; Part V. Typologizing and ontologizing: 9. A typology of semantic entities Jessica Rett; 10. Non-finite verbal forms and natural language ontology Gillian Ramchand; Part VI. Determining and questioning: 11. Vagueness & Discourse dynamics Sam Carter; 12. Alternatives Matthijs Westera; Part VII. Arguing and rejecting: 13. The Semantics and Pragmatics of argumentation Carlotta Pavese; 14. Assertion and rejection Julian J. Schloder; Part VIII. Implying and (pre)supposing: 15. Implicatures Emma Borg; 16. Presuppositions Marta Abrusan; 17. Modals and conditionals Matthew Mandelkern.

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NPB9781108487290
9781108487290
1108487297
Linguistics Meets Philosophy by Daniel Altshuler (University of Oxford)
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Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2022-10-13
340
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